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Hobsbawm on the recent EU election results and the demise of the Left Posted on June 9th

It is not the threat from the extreme right that is the most striking characteristic of these elections, though clearly there is a shift to the right, and centre-right governments are likely to make more concessions to the far right. The real story is the crisis of the left .We have been here before, in the 1930s when the net effect of the Depression was to strengthen the right and nullify the left - Labour was reduced to 50 MPs in 1931. The left rose again, but I am not optimistic about it being able to do so this time. Social democratic parties across Europe are in decline. That decline is not as dramatic as the communists a generation ago, but it is still marked. ... Tagged as Uncategorized | 1 Comment » | Continue linkarrow

From End Notes on the crisis

so i missed this when it first came out. Its from some of the people who were previously participated in ... Continue linkarrow
June 7th / 0 comments

The Anti-G20 Protests Lacked Politics: Interview with Tronti

This interview appeared in the Italian newspaper ‘Liberazione’ on 05/04/09 This version is translated into English from the German translation “The Anti-G20 ... Continue linkarrow
May 20th / 0 comments

China Dreaming?

I'm reading Arrighi's new book Adam Smith in Beijing. I have only gotten halfway through, but its re-focused my attention ... Continue linkarrow
March 17th / 0 comments

What happened in the US was that 8 men gave us a 3 page document which pointed a gun at ... Continue linkarrow
March 16th / 0 comments

globalisation hits reverse…

Why is this happening? Quite simply, the great engine of globalisation has gone into reverse. During the long boom, the ... Continue linkarrow
February 25th / 0 comments

Week of Action on the Welfare Abolition Bill March 7 - 15

From LCAP: London Coalition Against Poverty, Disabled People’s Direct Action Network and Feminist Fightback are calling on all groups concerned with ... Continue linkarrow
February 23rd / 0 comments

The coming fury

The sudden end of the export era is going to have some ugly consequences. In the past three decades, ... Continue linkarrow
February 13th / 0 comments

” The target of this campaign of strikes is now obvious”

Whether these unofficial strikes now fizzle out or not, they represent the first time since the economic crisis went critical ... Continue linkarrow
February 7th / 0 comments

on misreporting of the oil refinery strike and other notes

from the Guardian's comments section under their latest misleading (and inaccurate) article: Misreporting continuing to give misimpressions. Half the jobs are NOT ... Continue linkarrow
February 4th / 0 comments

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